MAY boxing recap of 2008
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, 12 May 2008
Tickets to the Z Gorres-Nick Otieno headliner on May 31 will be available to the buying public starting on Wednesday, May 14, according to ALA Promotions vice president Dennis Canete. Dubbed "One More Time," the event will also showcase the return appearance of former WBC flyweight king Malcolm T Read Full Story >>>
David Diaz: Pacquiao and I were made for each other!
By Ace Freeman, FightFan.com, 12 May 2008
Courtesy of Ted Regencia, WBC lightweight champion David Diaz is seen here at a recent Cinco de Mayo parade in Chicago. WATCH as Diaz speaks about his upcoming mega fight with Manny Pacquiao! TR: How do you think your Read Full Story >>>
Pacquiao leaves today to reunite with Roach
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, 12 May 2008
Based on what Manny Pacquiao and David Diaz are saying on their respective recent newspaper writeups, it’s going to be a blast on June 28 in Las Vegas. Pacquiao, the reigning World Boxing Council (WBC) super-featherweight king, writes a twice-a-week column in a local tabloid, while Diaz, the c Read Full Story >>>
Pacquiao will use 'speed' to beat DiazABS-CBN News, 12 May 2008
Filipino boxing hero Manny Pacquiao is confident that WBC lightweight champion David Diaz will be no match for his speed. In preparing for his June 28 showdown with Diaz, Pacquiao said he has no plan to change his training regimen. “I will go through my usual training," he said in the vernacu Read Full Story >>>
By Abac Cordero, The Philippine Star, 12 May 2008
Manny Pacquiao is leaving tonight for Los Angeles where he will undergo at least six weeks of non-stop training for his June 28 title fight with David Diaz. Pacquiao was originally scheduled to fly to LA last Saturday but due to previous personal commitments had to push his departure to tonight, Read Full Story >>>
Pacquiao leaves for Diaz fight Monday
By Roy Luarca, Inquirer News Service, 12 May 2008
MANILA, Philippines—Filipino ring hero Manny Pacquiao will depart for Los Angeles on Monday to formally begin training for his title showdown with World Boxing Council lightweight titlist David Diaz on June 28 in Las Vegas. Pacquiao was originally slated to leave for California last May 10 but st Read Full Story >>>
Pacquiao no-show at own despedidaABS-CBN News, 12 May 2008
Manny Pacquiao chose to play basketball in a neighborhood court over gracing a send-off party at his home in General Santos City Saturday. As Pacquiao's bout with WBC lightweight champ David Diaz gets near, Pacman's family offered a thanksgiving mass and a despedida party for him Saturday evening Read Full Story >>>
Playtime: The Pacman goes back to school: ‘Happy ako!’Inquirer News Service, 11 May 2008MANILA, Philippines - We didn’t need to know the exact address of the gym where Manny Pacquiao was training that Saturday afternoon, two weekends ago. The phalanx of big vehicles―big as in VIP-big―parked on the roadside was sufficient marker. Seeing the battleship of a Dodge parked right Read Full Story >>>
By Manny Pacquiao, PhilBoxing.com, 11 May 2008
GENERAL SANTOS CITY — Magandang araw po sa inyong lahat. Sana ay nasa mabuti kayong kalagayan saan mang panig ng mundo. Natapos ko na ang unang linggo ng light training para sa laban namin ng kampeon ng mundo na si David Read Full Story >>>
"ONE MORE TIME" PRESSCON SET ON TUESDAY; GORRES, TUNACAO IN TODAY'S 'PINOY BOXING'
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, 11 May 2008
CEBU CITY -- ALA Promotions has announced a big, by-invitation-only press conference set for May 13, Tuesday, at the Big Mao in Crossroads Mall in Banilad at 11AM. The press conference will tackle the huge "One More Tim Read Full Story >>>
Pacquiao, Diaz face media TuesdayGMANews.tv, 11 May 2008
CHICAGO, Illinois – Manny Pacquiao and David Diaz will host a joint press conference Tuesday noon at Westin Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles, California, to drum up publicity for their upcoming World Lightweight Championship on June 28 at the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino Events Center in Las Vegas, Read Full Story >>>
Pacquiao better be ready — Roach
By Nick Giongco, The Manila Bulletin, 11 May 2008
Manny Pacquiao better be ready by the time he reports for training in the USA. Trainer Freddie Roach, one of the last persons to be told about Pacquiao’s decision to delay his departure for the US, told the Bulletin yesterday that his timetable for the Filipino star is already etched in ston Read Full Story >>>
By Jingo Quijano, Sun.Star Cebu, 11 May 2008REACTING to my last column “Cotto first, before Floyd,” Last Rounder Tarsus Torres” (tarsus.torres@gmail.com) e-mailed this writer to share his wonderful insights. Tarsus, however, disagreed with my assessment that the Forbes fight may have been one of Oscar dela Hoya’s best technical displays i Read Full Story >>>
GONZALEZ VS. PASTRANA HEADLINES 'SOLO BOXEO' CARD ON MAY 16PhilBoxing.com, 11 May 2008
LOS ANGELES, May 9 - The super bantamweight division may be in for a shakeup on Friday, May 16, as four of the division's most exciting battlers will be in action in pivotal bouts on TeleFutura's 'Solo Boxeo' from the Morongo Casino Resort & Spa in Cabazon, California. Headlining the card, which Read Full Story >>>
VILORIA RETURNS IN AGUASCALIENTES, MEXICO!
By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, 10 May 2008
Former WBC 108-lb champion Brian Viloria resumes his march to the top as he sees action on May 17 against TBA at the Plaza Monumental in Aguascalientes in Mexico. The 10-round bout will be in the undercard of the Jorge Arce-Devid Lookmahanak showdown. Since his loss to Edgar Sosa last year, Vi Read Full Story >>>
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, 10 May 2008
The executive director of the Nevada State Athletic Commission Keith Kizer who informed Viva Sports/Manila Standard Today some weeks ago that Manny Pacquiao’s purse for the fight against Juan Manuel Marquez was $3 million, stands by his statement. Kizer was reacting to reports that claimed Pacqui Read Full Story >>>
SOLIS-DONAIRE FIGHT TO BE CANCELLED?By Salven L. Lagumbay, PhilBoxing.com, 10 May 2008While Fil-American Glenn Donaire is now "about 100 percent" ready for his world title challenge, IBF light flyweight champ Ulises Solis is reportedly suffering from severe coughing in Mexico which would most likely cause the c Read Full Story >>>
MAYOL’S RETURN ON ‘THE MAIN EVENT’
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, 10 May 2008
Former world title challenger Rodel Mayol’s return to the ring before his hometown fans in Cebu will be featured on the top-rated weekly boxing show “The Main Event” on Sunday at 9:00 p.m. over IBC 13. Mayol put on an impr Read Full Story >>>
CONCEPCION RETURNS HOME ON SUNDAY
By Ronnie Nathanielsz, PhilBoxing.com, 10 May 2008
Now that his planned May 17 fight in Aguascalientes, Mexico won’t take place and he will instead see action on the “Lethal Combination” fight card headlined by Filipino ring idol Manny Pacquiao and WBC lightweight champion Dav Read Full Story >>>
Engulf & Devour, Golden Boy Step Closer To Total World Domination!
By Michael Marley, Boxing Confidential, 10 May 2008Total world domination. That appears to be the goal of Golden Boy Promotions and they are getting closer every day. They own Ring magazine, a tool by which they plan to completely eradicate the world sanctioning bodies and their odious sanctioning fees. They can also use The Ring as a publicity/p Read Full Story >>>
'Call 'em Out Fridays': Addition By Subtraction?....Do Boxing Promoters Help Or Hinder Fighters?
By Vivek Wallace, EastSideBoxing.com, 10 May 2008
Every Friday in the 'Call 'em Out Friday' session we bring attention to a new individual in the sport who has failed to carry out the fans expectation or request and blow the whistle on them if warranted. After calling out Mayweather, De La Hoya, and Manny Pacquiao, in this weeks session we shine th Read Full Story >>>
By Ed Picson, PhilBoxing.com, 09 May 2008In his latest newspaper column “Kumbinasyon”, Manny Pacquiao waxed sentimental and recalled his early days in the pugilistic profession. He remembers the days when he was a gaunt and wiry 16-year old whose only thoughts in the Read Full Story >>>
Golden Boy, AEG & Boxing's Future
By David A. Avila, The Sweet Science, 09 May 2008Maybe the boxing world is turning golden. Golden Boy Promotions announced that Anchutz Entertainment Group acquired a sizeable portion of its stock and is now the second lar Read Full Story >>>
JUDAH INJURED, BOUT WITH MOSLEY OFF; MAY 31 PAY-PER-VIEW SHOW CANCELEDPhilBoxing.com, 09 May 2008
LOS ANGELES (May 8) - The scheduled May 31 fight between Shane Mosley and Zab Judah has been canceled due to an arm injury suffered by Judah during his Las Vegas training camp it was announced by Golden Boy Promotions today. The HBO Pay-Per-View event was scheduled to take place at Mandalay Bay in Read Full Story >>>
AEG AQUIRES OWNERSHIP SHARES OF GOLDEN BOY PROMOTIONSPhilBoxing.com, 09 May 2008LOS ANGELES (May 8, 2008) - AEG, considered one of the world's leading live sports and entertainment presenters, has entered into an agreement with boxing's leading promoter, Golden Boy Promotions to acquire ownership shares of the Los Angeles-based organization it was announced today by Oscar De La Read Full Story >>>
FIVE FIGHTERS YOU WANT TO SEE K.T.F.O.
By Martin Wade, braggingrightscorner.com, 09 May 2008
DAAAAAAAAAYUUM, YOU GOT K.T.F.O.!! Dayyuuuuuuuuuuuum!! What a response to part one; ya’ll had me KTFO! Just so you boxing junkies know, this list was comprised long before you started hitting a brotha’s mailbox- the feedback was so good that I’ve changed part 2 and added an “honorable mentions” Read Full Story >>>
